JPH0561102U - Waste treatment equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a waste treatment device with high operability and safety, in which odor does not diffuse from waste. [Structure] Link member 1 is interlocked with opening and closing of lid 11.
Heater support members 23a, 23b via 7a, 17b
It is a waste treatment device having a structure for automatically separating and contacting the. The detection means 24 detects the opening / closing operation of the lid 11, and the voltage can be applied to the heater support members 23a and 23b only when the detection means 24 detects the closed state of the lid 11.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a waste treatment device, and more particularly to a waste treatment device which prevents odors from diffusing from waste and has high workability and safety.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various devices have been developed for accommodating and treating wastes such as raw garbage that generate an offensive odor. For example, there is a device including a box-shaped main body, a lid member that opens and closes in conjunction with a foot pedal, and a container placed inside the main body. In this device, when the waste is stored, the foot pedal is depressed to open the lid member, the waste is dropped into the container, and then the foot is released from the foot pedal to close the lid member.

However, in such a device, the odor generated from waste is filled inside the main body, the odor is diffused to the surroundings from the gap between the main body and the lid member, and when the container is taken out from the main body. There is also the problem that the odor is emitted.

For this reason, a bag of a heat-melting resin is hung and arranged on the upper part of the container in the main body, waste is stored in the bag, and when a predetermined amount of waste is stored in the bag. A device has been developed in which the mouth portion of the bag body is heat-melted and sealed, and then dropped into the lower container (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-85302).

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in such a device, the opening and closing of the lid member and the seal at the mouth of the bag body are not linked, so even if waste is stored in the bag body and the lid member is closed, If opened, there is a problem that the odor generated from waste fills the bag body and the inside of the main body, and the odor leaks to the surroundings from the gap between the main body and the lid member.

Further, since the bag body can be sealed even when the lid member is in the open state, it is dangerous because the mouth portion of the bag body is sealed due to an erroneous operation, mischief of a child, and the like, and as a result, sealing is performed a plurality of times. However, there is also a problem that the bag during use may be cut off.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the conventional technique and to provide a waste treatment device having high workability and safety without diffusion of odor from the stored waste. To do.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides a box body, a lid portion that is openably and closably provided at an upper opening portion of the box body, and a bag body storage portion provided near the opening portion inside the box body. And a sealing device having a pair of heater supporting members that can be separated and contacted and whose axial directions are parallel to each other, and that is disposed below the bag storage part in the box body, and a bag body provided below the sealing device in the box body. A holder is provided, a container placed inside the box, a link member for operating the heater support member in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the lid, and a detection means for detecting the opening / closing operation of the lid. It is configured that the voltage can be applied to the heater support member only when the bag stored and held in the bag storage is suspended in the sealing device and the detection means detects the closed state of the lid. It is a thing.

[0009]

[Action]

 The heater support members of the seal device are brought into contact with and separated from each other via the link member in conjunction with opening and closing of the lid part, and the detection means detects the opening / closing operation of the lid part, and the bag body hung inside the seal device is detected. The voltage can be applied to the heater supporting member only when the heater is sandwiched by the heater supporting member and the closed state of the lid is detected by the detecting means. According to this, it is possible to minimize the smell of food waste inside the bag from going out, and the reliability and safety of the seal are significantly improved.

[0010]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram for explaining the configuration of a waste treatment device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged configuration diagram of a lid part. In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the waste treatment device 1 is provided with a box body 10, a lid portion 11 that is openably and closably provided in an upper opening portion of the box body 10, and a vicinity of the upper opening portion in the box body 10. A bag storage unit 21, a sealing device 22 arranged below the bag storage unit 21, a bag holding unit 31, and a container 32 placed below the bag holding unit 31. There is.

The box body 10 accommodates the bag accommodating portion 21, the sealing device 22, the bag retaining portion 31, and the container 32 inside, and the shape, dimensions, etc. can be appropriately selected.

As shown in FIG. 2, the lid portion 11 is provided with a lid 12a and a lid 12b that open from the center to the left and right, and substantially L-shaped members 13a and 13b are provided on the lower surfaces of the lids 12a and 12b, respectively. Two sets are provided. The members 13a and 13b are supported by shafts 14a and 14b, and the members 13a and 13b are formed with elongated holes 15a and 15b having shapes corresponding to the lower shapes of the members 13a and 13b, respectively.

Further, two rod members 16 and 16 are hung in parallel with each other on an upper portion of the box body 10, and link members 17a and 17b are slidable on the rod members 16 and 16, respectively. It is provided. The link members 17a and 17b are provided with engaging protrusions 18a and 18b, respectively. The engaging protrusions 18a and 18b are engaged with the holes 15a and 15b provided in the members 13a and 13b, respectively. ing.

Further, between the link members 17a, 17a and between the link members 17b, 17b, the heater support members 23a, 23b that constitute the sealing device 20 are arranged so as to be orthogonal to the rod members 16, 16 respectively. Is installed in.

On the other hand, micro switches 24, 24 are provided near the lower portions of the members 13a, 13b. The micro switches 24, 24 are provided at positions so that the switch stays 25, 25 come into contact with the lower surfaces of the members 13a, 13b to be turned on when both the lids 12a, 12b are completely closed. ing. The micro switches 24, 24 are connected in series, and a voltage is applied from the amplifier 40 to the heater 27, which will be described later, only when the two micro switches 24, 24 are both turned on. Has been done.

Further, in FIG. 1, the bag accommodating portion 21 accommodates the body portion 30 b of the bag body 30 in a bellows shape, and the bag body 30 includes the bag accommodating portion 21 to the bag body holding portion 31. It has a bottom portion 30a and an opening portion 30c in a state of being suspended inside. The bag body 30 may be made of a heat-meltable resin such as polyethylene. The size and shape of the bag body 30 can be appropriately determined, but in general, the body portion 30b has a length sufficient to perform heat sealing a plurality of times as described later.

The bag body holding portion 31 is provided with a holding plate 31a that can be opened and closed downward, and holds the bag body 30 into which waste has been thrown inside by the holding plate 31a. Then, when the bag body 30 is separated from the body portion 30b stored in the bag body storage portion 21, the holding plate 31a is opened downward, and the bag body 30 falls into the container 32.

The sealing device 22 is provided with a pair of heater supporting members 23a and 23b which are separable from each other and whose axial directions are parallel to each other. As is apparent from FIG. 2, the heater supporting member 23a is provided with an abutting member 26 which is spring-biased in the heater supporting member 23b direction. A heater 27 is provided on the side surface of the heater support member 23b. Then, when the lid 11 is completely closed, the contact member 26 of the heater support member 23a is pushed into the heater support member 23a, and the contact member 26 and the heater 27 contact each other. Contact. According to this, the opening 30c of the bag body 30 is closed by the contact member 26 and the heater 27 without leaving a gap.

The shape, size, etc. of the container 32 can be appropriately determined based on the shape and size of the box body 10, and the relationship with the bag body holding portion 31 and the sealing device 22. Further, an opening / closing member for taking out the container 32 may be provided on the side surface of the box body 10. Further, a heater switch 41 and a display means 42 such as an LED for indicating that the bag body 30 is sealed are provided at predetermined positions of the box body 10.

Next, the operation of the waste treatment device 1 will be described.

First, when gripping the handle 19 attached to the lid 12a and pulling it up (in the direction of arrow A), the lid 12a and the member 13a are integrally opened by rotating around the shaft 14a. This is the state (state shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 2). After the lid 12a is opened or while being opened, when the end portion of the lid 12b is grasped and pulled upward (in the direction of arrow B), the lid 12b and the member 13b are integrated as in the lid 12a. It rotates about the shaft 14b to be in the open state (the state shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 2).

In such an opening operation, the engaging projections 18a and 18b are moved in the holes 15a and 15b, respectively, and are separated from each other in the left-right direction in association with the upward rotation of the members 13a and 13b. Therefore, the link members 17a and 17b are also separated from each other to the left and right, and the heater support members 23a and 23b attached to the link members 17a and 17b are also separated from each other to the left and right. Therefore, the heater support members 23a and 23b are separated from each other in association with the opening of the lid 11, and the opening 30b of the bag body 30 is formed.

Further, when the lid portion 11 is closed, the engaging convex portions 18a and 18b approach each other in association with the closing operation of the lids 12a and 12b, whereby the link members 17a and 17b, and the link member 17a. , 17b attached to the heater support members 23a, 23b approach each other, and when the lid 11 is completely closed, the heater support members 23a, 23b come into contact with each other. According to this, the heater support members 23a and 23b come into contact with each other in association with the closing operation of the lids 12a and 12b and close the opening 30c of the bag body 30, so that the odor in the bag body 30 is released. Can be minimized.

Further, when the lid portion 11 is completely closed, the switch stays 25, 25 come into contact with the lower surfaces of the members 13a, 13b to turn on the two micro switches 24, 24 as described above. Therefore, when the heater switch 41 is turned on in this state, a voltage is applied from the amplifier 40 to the heater 27 and the bag body 30 is heat-sealed. As described above, the heating seal of the bag body 30 by the heater supporting members 23a and 23b can be performed only when the lids 12a and 12b are closed and the heater supporting members 23a and 23b are in contact with each other. Is greatly improved.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram for explaining the configuration of the lid portion of another example of the waste treatment device of the present invention. In FIG. 4, the lid 51 of the waste treatment device 50 includes a lid 52a and a lid 52b, and the ends of the lids 52a and 52b are supported by shafts 53a and 53b and open from the center to the left and right. Is configured.

Two sets of members 55a and 55b are supported by shafts 56a and 56b on the lower surfaces of the lids 52a and 52b, and these members 55a and 55b are attached to a total of four link members 60a and 60b. It is supported via shafts 57a and 57b.

The two sets of link members 60 a and 60 b are slidably provided on two bar members 61 and 61 that are hung on the upper portion of the box body 10 in parallel with each other. Therefore, when the lid 52a and the lid 52b are changed from the closed state to the open state (the position shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG. 4), the link members 60a and 60b move above the rod members 61 and 61 via the members 55a and 55b. It slides and separates to the left and right.

On the other hand, between the link members 60a and 60a and between the link members 60b and 60b, heater support members 62a and 62b forming a sealing device are arranged in parallel to each other so as to be orthogonal to the rod members 61 and 61, respectively. Is installed in. A contact member 58 is spring-biased to the heater supporting member 62a as in the above example, and a heater 59 is provided to the heater supporting member 62b.

Further, belts 81 and 82 are stretched between the engaging portion 64 of the supporting member 62a and the engaging portion 65 of the supporting member 62b via pulleys 71 and 72, respectively. Therefore, for example, when only the lid 52a is opened, the link member 60a slides on the rod member 61 in the right direction in the figure through the member 55a, whereby the support member 62a also moves in the right direction in the figure, The belt 81 is driven so as to rotate the pulley 71 clockwise. Then, since the heater supporting members 62a and 62b are connected by the belts 81 and 82 as described above, the heater supporting member 62b moves to the left in response to the rightward movement of the heater supporting member 62a. The support members 62a and 62b are separated from each other.

Further, switches 91 and 92 are provided at positions that are turned on when the heater support member 62a and the heater support member 62b are most separated from each other. The switches 91 and 92 are connected in series like the microswitches 24 and 24 described above, and a voltage can be applied from the amplifier to the heater 59 only when the switches 91 and 92 are both turned on. ing.

The waste treatment device 50 includes a bag accommodating portion, a bag holding portion, and a container, like the waste treatment device 1 described above.

[0033]

[Effect of the device]

 As described in detail above, according to the present invention, when the lid is closed, the heater support members are moved closer to each other to close the bag body, and the odor in the bag body is prevented from leaking out. In addition to being minimized, heat sealing of the bag body by the heater support member is performed only when the lid is closed, so the reliability and safety of the seal are significantly improved, and It is possible to provide a waste treatment device with high workability and safety without odor diffusion.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram for explaining the configuration of a waste treatment device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged configuration diagram of a lid portion of the waste treatment device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view for explaining the configuration of the waste treatment device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram for explaining a configuration of a lid portion of another example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Waste treatment device 10 Box body 11 Lid part 12a, 12b Lid 13a, 13b Lid part constituent member 17a, 17b Link member 21 Bag body storage part 22 Sealing device 23a, 23b Heater support member 24 Micro switch 27 Heater 30 Bag body 31 Bag holder 32 container

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A box body, a lid portion that is openably and closably provided in an upper opening portion of the box body, and a bag body storage portion that is provided in the box body in the vicinity of the opening portion. A seal device having a pair of heater support members whose directions are parallel to each other and arranged below the bag body storage part inside the box body, and a bag body holding part provided below the seal device inside the box body. A container placed in the box body, and a link member for operating the heater support member in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the lid portion,
A waste treatment device comprising: 2. A box body, a lid portion that is openably and closably provided in an upper opening portion of the box body, and a bag body storage portion that is provided in the box body near the opening portion. A seal device having a pair of heater support members whose directions are parallel to each other and arranged below the bag body storage part inside the box body, and a bag body holding part provided below the seal device inside the box body. A container placed in the box body, and a link member for operating the heater support member in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the lid portion,
A detection means for detecting an opening / closing operation of the lid portion, the bag body stored and held in the bag body storage portion is suspended in the sealing device, and the detection means detects a closed state of the lid portion. The waste treatment apparatus is configured such that the voltage can be applied to the heater supporting member only in the case of the above.